Through the Harry Potter novels, J.K. Rowling was able to venture into the world of not only creating charming and lovable characters, but fantastic words that makes us laugh and use our imagination!

Quidditch: the sport held at Hogwarts featuring brooms, quaffle balls that try to kill you, and a small golden snitch that seems way too sneaky!

Horcrux: an object that stores a piece of a dark wizard or witch’s soul and plays a crucial role in the last two novels of Harry Potter.

Avada Kedavra: One of the Unforgiveable curses used only by dark witches and wizards. Kills the person who is hit by the spell instantly.

Muggle: People are non-magical; they are neither witch or wizard or any other time of fantastical creature. They are human.

Veritaserum: a potion that will help one to spill every secret about themselves with only a few drops.

Felix Felicis: a potion that gives the one who drinks it good luck for a day.

Alohomora: a spell which is capable of unlocking various types of things.

Animagi: a wizard or witch who has the ability to turn themselves into an animal

Boggart: a highly secretive creature that can turn into basically anything.

Codswallop: something that is not true, considered a lie.

I feel that I learned more the complicated words from the Harry Potter books than the ones that I had to study for school while I was growing up reading them 😉 Do you have a favorite word or spell from the Harry Potter series? What other word would you add to the list?

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Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, YA, Fiction, Dystopia, Historical Fantasy, Urban Fantasy.
Fave Authors: Kara Dalkey, J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Seanan McGuire, Cassandra Clare, Anne Rice, Marjorie M.Liu.
Fave Quotes: "For the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure" (Dumbledore, The Philosopher's Stone).
“Do you never feel that divine hands guide you to a certain place or action? Perhaps it is no accident that you are here at all.” (Little Sister).
“The Volturi are the very essence of our kind – they’re the reason your hair stands on end when you smell me. They are the substance of your nightmares, the dread behind your instincts. I’m not unaware of that.” (Alice Cullen, New Moon).
"We have been friends for so long. surely our fates are now entwined and will meet again" (Goranu, Little Sister).